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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:10 pm 
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So this friend of mine thought he had a 90 day visa, but as he was getting ready to make his border run he glanced at his passport and saw that he had only been given 60 days. He'd overstayed a month.

His plan was to go to Nicaragua, and come back--and that's what he still plans to do. What's your best guess as to what happens to him at the border? Fine? How much? And will they let him back in three days later?

Any thoughts--beyond, "get residency"--for how he can handle his immediate situation?


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:14 pm 
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I am not sure how the laws work now and I am sure other guys can tell you, but I have over stayed my visa many times and they usually don't say anything. Only once have I had a problem and it was because I stayed over a year and a half. So I don't think they will give him a hard time. Now hopefully someone who knows the law will tell us for sure.



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:25 pm 
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this aint the usa... :lol: the law can be chickenshit or chickensalad..they can laugh it off and go back to watching gordo y flaca..or rip u a new one..write a bunch of happyhorshit in your passport...if you look vulnerable..its gringo tax time..anything from nothing to an extreme immigration clusterfuck is on the agenda..for 150 bucks you can have it computer whipped ...right on the back of one employee getting nabbed for doing it.. :lol: circumventing the law ..any law..and accomodating theft and corruption is where the real money is for the average tico beaurocrat...most people that are waaaay behind just get a new passport...the computer systems may now put a tiny wrinkle in that one ...johnny law comes here from the us and europe with hundreds of warrants..they just know theyre here..they find maybe 2 or 3 ...and actually nab one occassionally :lol: worrying about how long you stay is just more cumdrunk immigration bs...by a bunch of tico wannabees who couldnt make the cut in some florida country club..or pissed at having to actually pay for extras and meals at cafe mundo.. :lol:


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:58 am 
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Well my friend got back and nothing happened.

They stamped him through leaving apparently without noticing he'd overstayed 30 days, and coming back they gave him the regular unmarked stamp that allows 90 days.

He did say the border was extremely busy. He stood in line for three hours on the Costa Rica side.

He also confirmed what somebody else mentioned about Tica bus. If you sit in the back the fumes from the bathroom do get to one. Request a seat up front, or take Nica bus which makes a pit stop and seems to have their sanitary procedures under better control.


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